Why Attend?

This will be a one of a kind opportunity to learn from your peers in dealing with the challenges of managing resorts in the Maldives. To be able to share the issues you face on a daily basis to keep a resort running successfully in an environment of trust and mutual acknowledgment.

The forum will consist of keynote speeches and panel discussions. You will be able to take part in these events by commenting on the proceedings and offering your views and sharing your experiences.

The forum and a special dinner hosted for participants will be a unique and invaluable opportunity to get to know and network among like-minded professionals. The forum is organized in a manner to accommodate several breaks that will help participants to get to know each other and share their interests.

The event is open to hoteliers by invitation only. Everyone you will meet during the forum will be a hotelier or someone from related sectors.

Learning from Peers

Participate in Dialogue

Networking

Invitation only event for hoteliers

OVERVIEW

INAUGURATED IN 2016, THE HOTELIER

MALDIVES GM FORUM IS THE ONLY

DEDICATED FORUM TAKING PLACE IN

THE COUNTRY FOR RESORT GENERAL

MANAGERS. PROVIDING OVER 100

GMS A FORUM TO DISCUSS THE

UNIQUE CHALLENGES THEY FACE ON

A DAY TO DAY BASIS, AND TO LEARN

FROM THE BEST PRACTICE OF THEIR

PEERS IN A MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE

ENVIRONMENT.

19 April 2017

EVENT / SPEAKERS / PANELISTS / THEMESTIME / DURATION

Hotel and Resort General Managers, Owners, Tourism Authorities, Hotel Suppliers, Travel Sector Authorities

Hulhule Island Hotel (HIH), Male, MaldivesDATE

PROGRAM

ATTENDEES

VENUE

Quick Facts

1000-1100

1100 – 1130

1130 – 1145

1145 - 1200

1200 - 1245

1245– 1315

1315 - 1415

1415 - 1500

1500 - 1545

1545- 1610

1610 - 1700

1700 - 1710

Delegate registration and networking coffee

Keynote Speech

Presentation on Upgrading Velana Int’l Airport, Q&A

Presentation by STR – Hotel Market Data

Employment law - panel

Lunch

Sustainable Tourism - panel

Resort differentiation and best practices - panel

OTA – presentation and Q&A

Coffee Break

Indian market – presentation and a panel with Revenue Managers (separate moderator)

Closing remarks

*subject to change

Keynote speakers & Panelists 1ST GM FORUM EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. NOW, NEED A VOLUNTEER(S) TO OVERSEE THE PROCESS OF

THIS NEW START-UP. SUGGEST TO LEGALLY INCORPORATE, INDEPENDENTLY. ASK FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AS

ADVANCE FOR MEMBERSHIP DUES TO MOVE AHEAD. I’M WILLING TO BE ONE OF MANY WHO ARE NEEDED TO

MAKE PROGRESS. THANK YOU!

- David S. Feinberg, Chief Executive Officer, Crown & Champa Resorts

IT IS IMPERATIVE TO HAVE SUCH DELIBERATIONS

TO CO-CREATE A COHESIVE ENVIRONMENT

THAT IS SUPPORTIVE AND INNOVATIVE IN ITS

APPROACH AND IMPACT AND I WAS HONORED

TO BE A PART OF THIS EVENT AND ENGAGE

IN A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION WITH FELLOW

INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, STALWARTS AND

LEADERS WHO CAME FORWARD TO EXPLORE AND

SHARE COMMON VIEWS ON RAPIDLY EVOLVING

DYNAMICS OF HOSPITALITY, TRAVEL & TRADE AND

TOURISM IN THE MALDIVES.

- Vaibhav Garg, Cluster Director of Talent & Culture, Mecure Kooddoo Maldives & Pullman Maamutaa Maldives

TESTIMONIALS FROM THE HOTELIER MALDIVES GM FORUM 2016

THE FIRST GM FORUM ORGANIZED BY

HOTELIER MALDIVES WAS A GREAT IDEA AND

HAS GENERATED A LOT OF INTEREST AS WE

SAW WITH THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

ON THAT DAY. IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE

FORUM WITH ALL THE GUEST SPEAKERS AND

THE PRESENCE ALL DAY OF THE MINISTER OF

TOURISM DEMONSTRATED THE QUALITY OF THE

PANELISTS. A FIRST SUCCESSFUL FORUM WHICH

NEED TO BE AN ANNUAL RENDEZVOUS FOR OUR

INDUSTRY.

- Jean-Luc Naret, General Manager, One&Only Reethi Rah

AN INFORMATIVE AND ENJOYABLE

FORUM WITH A GREAT CHANCE GIVEN

TO MEET UP AND LISTEN TO TRUE

PROFESSIONALS OF THE INDUSTRY.

IT WAS WONDERFUL THAT THE MoT

WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT AND ACTIVELY

CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCEEDINGS.

- Steven Phillips, General Manager, Gili Lankanfushi

IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THE FIRST

EVER GM FORUM IN THE MALDIVES AND TO BE

SURROUNDED BY THE BEST MOVERS AND SHAKERS

WITHIN THE COUNTRY. OVER THE COURSE OF THE

DAY, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUALITY TOPICS

DISCUSSED WITH POSITIVE OUTCOMES WHICH I

AM SURE HAD A POSITIVE RESULT FOR ALL WHO

ATTENDED. A PARTICULAR SPECIAL THANKS

TO HOTELIER MALDIVES FOR TAKING THE LEAD

AND ORGANIZING THIS EVENT, AS WELL AS THE

SPONSORS, HIH FOR PROVIDING THE VENUE AND

REFRESHMENTS FOR ALL ATTENDEES.

- Jason Kruse, General Manager, Kurumba Maldives

TESTIMONIALS

- Eric Delfosse, Revenue Manager, One&Only Reethi Rah

THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA AND A SUPPORTIVE

ACTION TO MEET OTHER RESORTS AND

PROFESSIONALS FROM HOTEL INDUSTRY THAT

CAN HELP US TO UNDERSTAND AND DEVELOP

OR SIMPLY HIGHLIGHT THE TRENDS OF OUR

MARKET. HAVING A FRESH VIEW IS ALWAYS

POSITIVE. I THINK THIS SHOULD NOT BE ONLY

FOCUSED ON GMS BUT COULD BE EXTEND TO

OTHER KEY DEPARTMENTS LIKE FRONT OFFICE,

F&B, SALES & MARKETING AND FINANCE /

REVENUE.

TESTIMONIALS

THE WORLD CONTINUES TO EMBRACE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, IMPACTING THE SPEED OF CHANGE, PRESENTING

MORE COMPLEX DATA POINTS AND DRIVING CHANGE IN BOOKING BEHAVIOURS AND GUEST SEGMENTATION.

INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE REGION IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGE AND THE ABILITY OF

HOTELIERS TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND MAKE STRATEGIC AND PROACTIVE ADJUSTMENTS TO A CHANGING

MARKET OR OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. HAVING A FORUM DISCUSSION ON A REGULAR BASIS, UPDATING

PRACTICES AND USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO FACILITATE RESPONSE THE MARKET CONDITIONS CURRENT

AND FORECASTED WILL DELIVER SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT FOR THE TOURISM SECTOR IN THE MALDIVES.

- Jurgen Ortelee, Director of Enterprise Sales, IDeaS – A SAS COMPANY

HAVING ATTENDED AND SUPPORTED SEVERAL

OTHER HOTEL GENERAL MANAGER FORUMS AND

EVENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, I WAS

HONORED TO BE PART OF THE FORUM COMMITTEE

PANEL AND ALSO TO HOST THE FINAL PANEL

DISCUSSION WITH GENERAL MANAGERS FROM

LEADING RESORTS IN THE MALDIVES. I KNOW THE

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND MYSELF

WERE EXTREMELY PLEASED BY THE ATTENDANCE AT

THE EVENT, THE EVENT RUNNING ORDER AND THE

DISCUSSIONS WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE DAY,

WHICH WERE VERY INTERACTIVE AND RELEVANT TO

THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. IN ADDITION, IT WAS

A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE HIS EXCELLENCY MOOSA

ZAMEER ATTEND THE EVENT AND ALSO PARTICIPATE

IN DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WHICH

WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ALL ATTENDEES.

- William Harley-Fleming – Group Development Director and General Manager JA Manafaru, part of JA Resorts & Hotels LLC

TESTIMONIALS

DELEGATES

- Kanny Kim, Head of Duty Free, Maldives Airports Company Limited

IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO MEET MANY OF KEY HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO UNDERSTAND

MORE ABOUT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, MARKET TREND AND COMMON ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH IS

PARTIALLY RELATED TO OUR TRAVEL RETAIL INDUSTRY BUSINESS AS WELL. ONE OF MY KEY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS

GM FORUM WAS THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH RESORTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A

MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE IN THE RESORTS AND DUTY FREE SHOPPING AT INIA GATE WAY OF THE MALDIVES.

GMS FORUM FACILITATED NETWORKING WITH

FELLOW MANAGERS AND OTHER INDUSTRY

STAKEHOLDERS AND WAS A PLATFORM TO

SHARE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL

CONCERNS & ISSUES OF RESORTS AND

CONTEMPLATE ON SOLUTIONS.

- Dr. Abdulla Mausoom, General Manager, Sun Island Resort & Spa

TESTIMONIALS

THE GM FORUM OF HOTELIER MALDIVES WAS

A MUCH REQUIRED INITIATIVE. THE MINISTER OF

TOURISM, MATI OFFICIALS AND SOME OF THE

PIONEERS, LOCAL AND FOREIGN GM’S WITH

LIMITLESS EXPERIENCE AND SOME OF THE KEY

SERVICE PROVIDERS OF THE INDUSTRY MADE

A VERY GOOD COMBINATION. THOUGH THE

DISCUSSIONS WERE BRIEF, IT DID ENLIGHTENED

MANY IMPORTANT POINTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO

THE NEXT SUCH MEETING TO DISCUSS AND SHARE

MORE.

- Ahmed Nasih, General Manager, Cyprea Card Center

IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE ATTENDING THE

FIRST GM FORUM. IT WAS INDEED A FIRST-

CLASS EVENT WITH IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT

TOPICS WITH EXCELLENT PARTICIPATION AND

COLLABORATION. GMS PLAY ONE OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE SUCCESS OF

A TOURISM PRODUCT. YOU TEAM AT HOTELIER

MALDIVES DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN

PREPARING THE EVENT AND THROUGHOUT THE

TIME AT THE FORUM.

- Rifaath Jaleel, Managing Partner, MHPA LLP

FIRST OF ALL A BIG “THANK YOU” GOES FOR THE

HOTELIER MALDIVES TEAM WHO HAS DONE THE

EFFORT TO SET UP A GREAT EVENT WHICH I THINK WILL

BECOME A GREAT INSTRUMENT FOR OUR INDUSTRY.

IT WAS GREAT THAT SO MANY COLLEAGUES HAVE

TAKEN UP THIS OPPORTUNITY SO SERIOUSLY. IT WILL BE

GREAT IF THIS EVENT BECOMES A YEARLY INSTITUTION

TO ALLOW ALL GM’S TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-

BEING OF THE DESTINATION AND TEAMS ALIKE.

- Dominik Kuenstle, General Manager, Constance Halaveli

- Ghaly Murthala, Managing Director, Morteza Capital

THE GM FORUM WAS AN OUTSTANDING EVENT ORGANIZED BY HOTELIER MALDIVES. THE EVENT WAS

WELL THOUGHT-THROUGH AND PROVIDED A PLATFORM FOR HOTELIERS ACROSS THE MALDIVES TO

DISCUSS KEY INDUSTRY ISSUES AND GAIN INSIGHTS FROM EACH OTHER. WE SEE THIS FORUM PLAYING A

KEY ROLE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE MALDIVIAN HOSPITALITY SECTOR AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT

BECOMING A REGULAR EVENT IN THE MALDIVIAN HOSPITALITY CALENDAR

TESTIMONIALS

SPONSORS“TO PUT SOME PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND HOLD AN EVENT IS EASY, BUT TO HAVE

THE RIGHT PEOPLE, RIGHT TOPICS AND THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE IS DIFFERENT – THAT

IS WHAT THE HOTELIER MALDIVES GM FORUM 2016 PROVIDED.”

WE RANJANAS CERAMIC PVT LTD WERE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AS

A SILVER SPONSOR FOR HOTELIER MALDIVES GM FORUM 2016 IN MAKING THIS

EVENT HAPPEN ALONGSIDE WITH OTHER SPONSORS AND WISH TO BE PART OF THIS

FORUM IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.

- Winter John Alexander, Manager-Maldives/Seychelles Operation, Ranjanas Ceramics

- Mohamed Mazloom, Director – CEO, Bestbuy Maldives (Pvt) Ltd

I BELIEVE HOTELIER MALDIVES DID A GREAT JOB IN BRINGING TOGETHER SO MANY KEY PLAYERS OF THE

MALDIVIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY. THE KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS PRESENTED US WITH

INSIGHTFUL KNOWLEDGE INTO THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING RESORTS IN THE MALDIVES

AND AS THE PLATINUM SPONSOR OF THE FORUM, IT WAS ALSO A GREAT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

FOR POSITIONING OUR BRAND AND MEETING WITH BOTH POTENTIAL AND EXISTING CLIENTS.

The Hotelier Maldives GM Debate 2017 provides sponsors with direct access to the best of the country’s hotel industry. As such, it is an ideal place for sponsors to position their brand, meet potential customers and existing clients and gain access to the General Managers who are key decision makers approving budgets and driving their properties forward.The event facilities face-to-face contact during the pre-event stand-up lunch networking, two coffee breaks and the dinner. Sponsors will make an impression on potential customers immediately, and can start building those ever important relationships or exchange business cards for later follow up.

Sponsorship

F R E E D E L E G A T E P A S S E S

HOTEL GENERAL MANAGERS & CORPORATE HOTELIERS

ABDULLA NAVAAL

sales@hoteliermaldives.com +960 7910858

Breakdown of Expected Attendees Why Sponsor?

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Network and build relationships with 100+ potential customers and gain direct access to high profile industry leaders who are shaping the future of the hospitality industry. The Hotelier Maldives GM Forum 2017 is a private invitation only event open to the sponsors and hotel general managers and senior decision makers that fit the delegate profile. Delegates attend based on whether they are the right people, not whether they can pay to attend.

Benefit from increased visibility for your brand before, during and after the forum.

Raise the profile of your organization and key personnel in a learning environment, thus enhancing your credibility with prospects by contributing to the discussions and positioning your company as a thought leader.

Align your brand with a ‘must read’ magazine that has gained a wide readership in the last three years, enabling you to leverage the community loyalty the ‘Hotelier Maldives’ brand enjoys.

70%

10%

10%

5%

5%

General Managers

Senior Executives

Representatives from related travel sectors

Owners/ Asset Managers

Representatives from Tourism Authorities